BluGlass receives first order from Indian Ministry of Defence

BluGlass Inc, the wholly-owned US subsidiary of ASX-listed compound semiconductor business BluGlass, has received an initial order from the Indian government’s Ministry of Defence, worth $230,000.

The company announced on Friday morning that it is now an approved supplier to the ministry and had received the order from its Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL.) 

The contract was described as covering development services for benchmarking the fabrication process of gallium nitride-based laser diodes. 

“BluGlass was selected due to our ability to solve our customers’ most complex problems and expertise in developing high-performance GaN laser technology for next generation applications,” said BluGlass CEO Jim Haden.

“India, poised to become one of the world’s largest economies, is strategically advancing its technological capabilities by integrating cutting-edge lasers and photonics. GaN lasers offer compact performance, higher photon energy, and improved temperature stability, making them ideal for underwater and atmospheric LiDAR applications, countermeasures and jamming systems, communications, and quantum sensing and computing. 

BluGlass is a vertically integrated developer and maker of semiconductors, specialising in gallium nitride-based products made using its proprietary remote plasma chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) technology. 

It has a headquarters in Silverwater, NSW, with US facilities in Nashua, New Hampshire and Fremont, California.

Picture: credit BluGlass

Editor’s note: BluGlass Chair James Walker will appear alongside Calix CEO and Managing Director Phil Hodgson and MicroBioGen’s CEO Geoff Bell at @AuManufacturing’s Spotlight on Scaling up event on June 25 at UTS. Their panel is titled “Patient capital: how long tech takes at times”. You can find ticketing and other information here.

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